How Goats Are A Theme In My Life Right Now

And these are the other goats in my life: the Chinese "Happy Goats", aka Xi Yang Yang, a local kid's cartoon taking China (the world?) by storm. It's a simple cartoon about cute little goats who have to fight off a wolf; the wolf doesn't want to eat the goats, but his wife makes him try. All the goats have their own little nicknames and skills and they always succeed in besting the wolf, but the wolf always comes back for another try. This show is also popular with adults (the line here between child and female adult entertainment is blurred), and you can't go anywhere without facing down various types of Xi Yang Yang paraphernalia for sale: toys, handbags, underwear, balloons, jewelry, candy, clothing, shoes, etc. It's a Xi Yang Yang world, all day, every day.
These type of phenomenon are interesting, because literally over a billion people know about this show, and yet, I bet it's unknown in most of the West. (But I'm not sure: have any of you heard of this show?) It reminds me again why China is such an alluring business market: you make it here, you don't really need to make it anywhere else.
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I actually like goats too. We had an incident at our house a few years ago where some goats had escaped from someones home and the police had to herd them into my yard (because we have a fence) until someone could pick them up with a trailer. They loved my grass and flowers!!!!
Have not seen this cartoon, but I am sure like all other silly stuff on TV, it will get here!!!
Flu sucks - kinda hard to escape it when you're constantly sandwiched by so many people...
Be careful, you - rest and get well!
Btw, I closed my blog temporarily...I may either come back or start a new one.